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  • noun Plural form of shearing.

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Examples

  • Following his star turn primping his hair for two minutes on a YouTube video to the tune of “I Feel Pretty,” Mr. Edwards this week had to pay back the $800 charged to his campaign for two shearings at Torrenueva Hair Designs in Beverly Hills.

    Hair Today... 2007

  • The sheep get two shearings per year, spring and fall.

    Shearing Day James Gurney 2008

  • So far, shareholders have invested about $20,000 in the Fiber Farm, which also sells yarn from earlier shearings online and at local farmers 'markets.

    Shepherd's Tale: 2008

  • So far, shareholders have invested about $20,000 in the Fiber Farm, which also sells yarn from earlier shearings online and at local farmers 'markets.

    Shepherd's Tale: 2008

  • “Eight layers of well-woven good Northumberland sheep shearings, Sir John, nine if one counts the woolen drawers.”

    The Terror Simmons, Dan 2007

  • Following his star turn primping his hair for two minutes on a YouTube video to the tune of “I Feel Pretty,” Mr. Edwards this week had to pay back the $800 charged to his campaign for two shearings at Torrenueva Hair Designs in Beverly Hills.

    Archive 2007-04-01 2007

  • She's right--and I would add that celebrities and newspeople like Ann Curry, who stage on-air shearings and then encourage others to do likewise, are not helping matters:

    Hang on to Your Ponytails: Time and Money are Better 2007

  • She's right--and I would add that celebrities and newspeople like Ann Curry, who stage on-air shearings and then encourage others to do likewise, are not helping matters:

    Hang on to Your Ponytails: Time and Money are Better 2007

  • Later shearings, from older and dirtier sheep, are progressively less desirable for clothing fabrics.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

  • Later shearings, from older and dirtier sheep, are progressively less desirable for clothing fabrics.

    HOME COMFORTS CHERYL MENDELSON 2005

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